Tracy and her husband feared the worst when their baby son was diagnosed with severe haemophilia. But thanks to new and better treatments they've learned that Ben can look forward to a bright future. Here Tracy tells their story.

Joe was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) when he was just seven-years-old. Here his mum Teresa tells her story about raising a child with CFS/ME and how Joe's optimism gives them hope for the future.

At the height of the swine flu pandemic, three-year-old Sam from Epsom suddenly became unwell with a temperature of 39 degrees. His mum, Nicky, immediately suspected it was swine flu. Here she tells her story.

When Mari and her husband, Tryfan, were told their baby, Meila, would be born with an abdominal wall defect, they didn’t know what to expect. Here, Mari shares their story from the moment of diagnosis to Meila’s operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) hours after birth.